2002 · Week 12

Final

Titans

Tennessee

QB Steve McNair

12·13

Ravens

Baltimore

QB Jeff Blake

Ravens Stadium · outdoors · grass · 53°F · wind 12mph

Closing spread

TEN -2.5

Total

38.5

Model margin

-0.2est.

BAL perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Ravens
  • Titans

How each play moved the game.

Ravens winsTitans wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Titansedge mapRavens
  • +0.043EPA / play-0.058
  • 44.9%Success rate41.6%
  • +0.151EPA / dropback-0.044
  • -0.095EPA / rush-0.078
  • 6.9%Explosive rate8.3%
  • 43.7%Third-down rate38.2%
  • 55.8%Red-zone TD rate57.3%
  • 1.58Points / drive1.09
  • 2.3%Turnover rate2.9%
  • -0.038EPA / play allowed-0.021

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

BAL lead 12–9 since 1999

BAL have won 2 straight. Meetings average 35 points. BAL are 12-8-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2023 · W6BAL @ TEN2416BAL
2020 · playoffsBAL @ TEN2013BAL
2020 · W11TEN @ BAL3024TEN
2019 · playoffsTEN @ BAL2812TEN
2018 · W6BAL @ TEN210BAL
2017 · W9BAL @ TEN2023TEN
2014 · W10TEN @ BAL721BAL
2011 · W2BAL @ TEN1326TEN

Box score

Individual performances

Titans

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Steve McNair21/4328303
Frank Wycheck1/11300

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Eddie George16613.80
Steve McNair4143.50

Ravens

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jeff Blake11/2410901

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Jamal Lewis17955.60
Chester Taylor4102.50
Travis Taylor166.00
Todd Heap122.00
Jeff Blake4-1-0.30

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Todd Heap46420
Chester Taylor22190
Alan Ricard12170
Ron Johnson16140
Jamal Lewis11130
Travis Taylor1620
Terry Jones1120

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line -2.52.7%4.4%2.9%7.4%7.3%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Ravens; negative favour Titans.

Half-point at risk

2.12%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

48.4%

Expected total

42.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.80
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin-0.23